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Re: the name molly -origins

by Llewella (penguiny7)

9/15/2009, 11:56 AM

Molly is a nickname for Mary because in the Middle Ages some names that had Rs were changed to another consonant for nicknames because the Anglo-Saxons couldn't pronounce Rs very well.

This is how we get Molly from Mary, as well as Sally from Sarah, Hal from Harry, Dolly from Dorothy, Bob from Robert, Dick from Richard, etc.

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